Chapter Nine
A short time later, vehicles drove up to the front door. Men piled out of the SUVs.
Hondo threw the door open and smiled. “Ah, good timing, men.” He turned to Sergi and said, “These are the good guys. My security team. They will help us fight the Hounds.”
There were nine of them. They were all very large and they all gave Sergi silent nods.
Sergi nodded back at them and smiled. “Good, the more the well... merrier? My Nomads are here as well but you might never see them. They will be there though. I just got word they are surrounding the Inn and the property. And believe me, they will stop anyone coming in.” He paused, then said, “I have a second team that will be here in about fifteen minutes and they will lend their services as well.”
Hondo led everyone into the lobby the Inn used. There were plenty of chairs and even a couple of large sofas and they all gathered there. “I also got word that Hawkins is coming over to speak to us about several things. Cat told him about what she saw and he’s coming over to relay her messages.”
“Are they safe?” Misha asked in concern as everyone settled in. “Cat and Solana, I mean?”
“Si, they are safe. Hawkins is only bringing a few of his men and the compound is locked down. He has his men on the roof and cameras all around them. If trouble is headed their way, they will see it coming.”
“Da, that is good.” Misha nodded.
“I’ve set up a link to our security room in New York,” Felix mentioned. “And they are feeding us intel as they get it as well.”
“So, we are all set up, aren’t we?” Donald asked. “Now all we have to do is wait for the bad guys to show up.”
Walter stepped into the doorway and said, “We may not have to wait that long.”
Hondo turned and stared at his son.“What is that supposed to mean?”
“I was scanning the street cameras and the highway cameras. Celina pointed out a row of dark sedans heading this way and told me that they were her brothers and their men. There were five of them. They are about an hour away. We watched them cross over into Granite Falls. Hawkins had better hurry and get here or he’s going to get caught in the middle of the hell that’s trying to get to us. ”
Hondo didn’t do more than nod when they all heard the sound of cycles coming in. Hondo went to the window beside the door and peered out. He then relaxed his shoulders. “Bueno, Hawkins is here,” he announced to the room.
A few minutes later Hawkins, Kota and Titan came through the doors escorted by Donald.
When Hawkins saw Sergi and his men plus Hondo’s men, he stopped in his tracks. “How soon before all hell breaks out?”
“Maybe an hour?” Hondo shrugged. “I understand they just crossed into Granite Falls. I don’t think they know where we are right now but they will soon learn.”
Hawkins nodded.
Titan stepped up and said, “Cat told me that you may have an inside person coming in and that she is here to help not hinder our setup.”
“Da.” Sergi nodded and explained, “We’ve already met her. The Hounds are her brothers.”
Titan looked surprised by this. “Her brothers?”
“Si,” Hondo replied. “And your Catarina is correct. This woman has no reason to warn us but she did.” He looked over at Hawkins. “Do you remember Alfredo Montoya?”
Hawkins nodded. “Yeah, I remember him. What a damn fool. My wife was the one to take him down, so we could capture him.”
“Your wife?” Sergi asked as he looked confused.
“Si, Sergi,” Hondo said as he tried to explain, “This Rosabel is... very tough. If a man is smart they will never cross her.”
Hawkins laughed. “All true. All true. Especially when she hangs around with Bessy.”
Misha looked curious as he asked, “And this Bessy, she is dangerous as well?”
Titan, Kota and Hawkims, all laughed.
“Yes, she is very dangerous.” Hawkins didn’t enlighten them about the fact that Bessy was a shotgun.
Half the men in the room looked confused as the other half looked amused.
“Why did this Alfred attack your MC?” Felix asked Hawkins.
“Isobel McCormick is why. That woman came to life twenty-six years ago. She was twenty years old back then. She faked being related to the Montoyas by switching places with another young girl at an orphanage and went to live with Senor Alfredo Montoya, the head of the Montoya Cartel. He groomed her to be a courier at first but his goal was to put her into a position in his rival cartel and have her bring it down by spilling the Alvarez secrets. Apparently, lying, stealing, backstabbing and murder were her favorite hobbies. You never met such an evil woman like this bitch. Sick in the mind and dark in the soul as my Rosy says. She married my son and killed him when he found out the truth. Which was her running drugs and guns right out of our backyard. Same for my other son, she murdered him and another Rogue member when they caught her with the actual drugs in our forest. Our property is over two-hundred and fifty acres, so we never knew this. Then with her help in getting some medallion that was known to be the symbol of the Alverez family the Montoya Cartel just went in and killed every Alvarez they could find. But like I said... years later, he came looking for Isobel too at my compound and for this same reason...revenge. She had done him wrong just like anyone else she ever knew. So yeah, we met him and his sons. They perished while gunning for us. Alfred made it but later killed himself.”
“So, this Ernesto Montoya wants revenge too?” Sergi asked. “Do these men never learn?”
“No, Senor Sergi, they do not seem to,” Hondo stated and he turned to inform Hawkins, “We have found out that Ernesto is the one behind Sean Evert, the Grimm brothers and the Diablo’s Hounds.
Celina, the girl who came to warn us, told us that Ernesto is the real power behind all of this.
Also the Hounds are related to the leader of the Grimm Brothers and they are coming here to figure out what happened to him and wreak havoc if he's not alive anymore. But right now you have to secure your compound and protect both Solana and Catarina. Ernesto is still looking for Isobel and he’s planning to kill her daughters in front of her before he kills her for his brother and nephew’s deaths. ”
Hawkins just shook his head. “Well, ain’t that nice for him, but he’s too late to kill Isobel, the wolves took care of her a while back. It was a gruesome thing to witness, but it couldn’t have happened to a nicer person.”
Sergi just shook his head as he looked disgusted by all Isobel’s deeds. “All of this bloodshed for a woman who is already dead.”
Hawkins paused then glanced at Kota and Titan.
All three bikers looked uncomfortable.
“What is it?” Hondo asked as he noted their apprehensive expressions.
Hawkins pursed his lips and sighed heavily. “Everytime we think she’s gone and it is done...Someone crawls out of some hole to look for her, again. I swear it’s a curse. She just will not stay dead!”
Kota reached over and patted his dad’s shoulder.
Sergi looked at them and then at Hondo. “Then we must end this vendetta. Maybe as soon as we end this face to face we will complete this mission and finish what was started here. We take Ernesto and the rest of his family down.”
The room fell into silence at Sergi’s words.